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XR450 not giving full speeds on 2.4GHZ band
Just bought an XR450 from Costcon on sale and relized it is not giving my full speeds on the 2.4GHZ band. I should be getting 100 down but instead i'm getting 80 down on this new router. My old Asus ...
How is the router configured on 2.4Ghz?
What channels are you using? Auto or manual?
What security modes are you using?
Smart Connect enabled or disabled?
20/40Mhz Coexistance disabled?
FYI, I can also confirm that I'm only getting 100Mb down on my iphone 6sP on 2.4Ghz on a 200/10 ISP service. I get 230/10 speeds on 5Ghz and with SC enabled which of course the phone connects to the 5Ghz radio when SC is enabled.
Also tested manual channel and wifi security disabled as well. Still maxing out at 100Mb.
Using WiFi Sweetspot app on my phone, it's seeing about 200-250Mb connection speed rates between the phone and 2.4Ghz radio. I'm getting 900-1000mb + on 5Ghz radio.
Router bought 3 days ago and still using shipping FW. I have not updated FW as of yet. I'm wanting to test the router as shipped before doing any FW updates.
Specs:
XR500
AC2600 (800Mbps @2.4GHz—256QAM
support +1733Mbps 5Ghz 11ac)
XR450
• AC2400 (600Mbps@2.4GHz-64QAM
support+1733Mbps@5GHz 11ac)
If these are supposed to be connection rates between a device and the router, I'm not seeing it on the 450...
I'll try a different wifi device with the router and post results.
What channels are you using? Auto or manual?
Manually set it to channel 6 (I have tried others too)
What security modes are you using?
WPA2-PSK [AES]
Smart Connect enabled or disabled?
Smart connect off
20/40Mhz Coexistance disabled?
I tried doing both with no luck in increasing speeds